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Arsenal youngster issues quit threat, wants first-team shot in 2019/20
Arsenal youngster Krystian Bielik wants first-team opportunities next season or he will quit the club.
The 21-year-old spent 2018/19 on loan at Charlton Athletic, where he played 35 games in all competitions.
Having had a taste of regular game time, the vastly improved Bielik now has his sights set on the Arsenal first-team.
The 2015 signing from Legia Warsaw has only ever made two first-team appearances for the Gunners – in the League cup in 2016 and 2017 – but wants to add to that tally from next season.
But the player will happily move on if he isn’t given assurances by manager Unai Emery.
He said whilst on duty with the Poland U21s (): “My future is unknown but there is one thing I can say for sure: I will definitely not go back to Arsenal U23 team.
“At this stage it wouldn’t make sense. If I do not receive the possibility to join the first team permanently, I will have to look for other solutions.
“I feel like a senior player now so I want to play senior football.”
TBR’s view
Bielik has some exciting potential and at 21, now is the time for him to be blooded if he is going to make it at Arsenal.
The youngster can play in central defence or at holding midfield which could make him an enticing proposition for Emery, who doesn’t have much money to spend on transfers this summer.
He is surely worth gambling on with Shkodran Mustafi having proven awful value for money in his three years in north London. The injury-prone Laurent Koscielny is ageing and surely won’t play regularly next-term.
Mohamed Elneny has also massively underwhelmed, suggesting that there could indeed be first-team opportunities in the offing for Bielik.